Simon-Arndt C M, Yuan H, Hourani L L
Naval Health Research Center, Department of Health Sciences and Epidemiology, San Diego, CA 92186-5122, USA.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1997 Nov;68(11):1012-8.
Back disorders have long been recognized as a serious problem within the military aviation community and a possible threat to mission accomplishment. The purpose of the present study was to determine the extent to which the type of aircraft flown is associated with diagnosed back problems, and to examine differences in the prevalence of back disorders between pilots and aircrew.
A case-control study was conducted in which U.S. Navy pilots and aircrew members with a diagnosed back disorder on their most recent physical exam between 1991 and 1993 were compared with pilots and aircrew without such diagnoses. Data were obtained from the automated physical examination records maintained by the Naval Operational Medicine Institute for all Naval aviation personnel.
Results showed that aircrew members have a higher risk of diagnosed back problems than pilots for both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The study revealed that flight engineers have a higher risk of diagnosed back problems than other aircrew members. Among pilots, no association was found between type of aircraft and diagnosed back problems.
背部疾病长期以来一直被认为是军事航空领域的一个严重问题，并且可能对任务完成构成威胁。本研究的目的是确定所驾驶飞机的类型与被诊断出的背部问题之间的关联程度，并检查飞行员和空勤人员背部疾病患病率的差异。
进行了一项病例对照研究，将1991年至1993年期间在最近一次体检中被诊断出患有背部疾病的美国海军飞行员和空勤人员与未被诊断出此类疾病的飞行员和空勤人员进行比较。数据来自海军作战医学研究所为所有海军航空人员维护的自动体检记录。
结果表明，对于直升机和固定翼飞机，空勤人员被诊断出背部问题的风险高于飞行员。研究显示，飞行工程师被诊断出背部问题的风险高于其他空勤人员。在飞行员中，未发现飞机类型与被诊断出的背部问题之间存在关联。
